Antitrust

Sykes v. Health Network Solutions, Inc. The court determines that it has subject matter jurisdiction over the plaintiff-chiropractors’ claims that defendants have monopoly and monopsony power over the chiropractic market in North Carolina; however, further development of the record is needed to determine whether plaintiffs’ claims fall within the scope of the various sections of G.S. Chapter 75.

Sykes v. Health Network Solutions, Inc. The plaintiff-chiropractors allege that defendant Health Network Solutions, Inc. – an independent practice association – engages in anticompetitive practices; however, the record is not sufficiently developed to allow the court to find that plaintiffs are likely to succeed on the merits of their antitrust claims.

N.C. State Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal Trade Comm’n A state agency that regulates the practice of dentistry cannot overturn a Federal Trade Commission decision that the agency’s efforts to shut down teeth-whitening services performed by non-dentists constituted unfair competition that violated federal antitrust law; the 4th Circuit rejects the state dentistry board’s petition for review of the FTC order.

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